I think it has caused more than just an “old candidate” turn. I suspect some / many Dems had planned to stay home and not vote for a candidate with obvious dementia that borders on senility. They will now show up at the polls and vote for Kamala (or any other left wing alternative). Again, Republicans had better have a strong showing at the polls or we will have a bigger lunatic for a President.
It wont be Kamala, barry doesnt approve.
joe hasn't 'appointed' her, though, right? He endorsed her. It's up to the delegates to the democratic convention to nominate the candidate. If there is a challenge, it'd be about nominating someone who wasn't voted for in the primary (though there is also an argument that Harris was assumed to be on the ticket with biden). And don't most candidates the withdraw release their delegates to vote for another candidate at the convention, when the actual nomination occurs?
Im not sure, all this is so complicated to me. It's never happened before I dont think.
It doesn't matter if she was voted in in the primaries, it only matters what happens at the convention. And Brandon hasn't appointed her, he has just endorsed her. That carries some weight, but the convention is still all that actually matters.
Nope, this has never happened before. The closest thing was when LBJ announced that he was not running for reelection, but that wasn't after he won the primaries.
It probably matters more what the DNC rules say, but that is probably procedural vs a matter of legality.
And winning a primary doesn’t mean you’re the candidate in the ballot in that state come November. Candidates often release their delegates to vote for another person come the convention.
The Democrats created a system of superdelegates to make sure that the voters didn't saddle them with a complete nutcase after their near-miss with (IIRC) Bernie, so the party leadership can pretty much pick whomever they want, regardless of the primaries.
